Apple in China: Retailing the Mac Daddy
China Tech News reports:
Apple’s (AAPL) first store-in-store in mainland China has been unveiled at the Best Buy store in Shanghai’s Xuhui area.
By opening this store-in-store for Apple, Best Buy is intending to consolidate its position in the middle and high-end market of China and adopt a different operation pattern from Chinese domestic electronic appliance retailers. [...]
Dell Everywhere
China Tech News reports:
n a further move away from its old direct-to-consumer business model, Dell (DELL) has formally announced plans to sell laptop and desktop computers in Suning’s consumer electronics stores and to expand its relationship with Gome, the top consumer electronics retailer in China.
…Dell says it will also sell systems in Hontu stores and [...]
Dell Wins the China Retailer Triple Crown
China Tech News reports:
Chinese electrical appliance retailer Five Star Appliance will sign a cooperation agreement with Dell (DELL) to sell the latter’s products at its retail stores.
With the signing of the agreement, Five Star will become one of the most important partners of Dell in China.
Liu Li, general manager of Five Star’s Digital IT Department, [...]
Dell Goes All In on China
Shanghai Daily reports:
DELL Inc’s company founder Michael Dell says the booming Asian market is maintaining his company’s confidence in the growth of its business despite the recent American subprime mortgage crisis.
Dell needs China. The US market is slowing to a crawl and China is the best bet for increasing sales. China Tech News [...]
Lenovo Goes for Online PC Retailing
China Tech News reports:
Ma Chong, general manager of Lenovo Greater China’s Commercial Desktop Computer Marketing Department, says that Lenovo has noticed that online selling is taking a larger proportion of its sales and the company is discussing plans on recruiting some online agents for its PC products.
…Ma discloses to Chinese media that Lenovo is negotiating [...]